Side by side pricing and context for DeepSeek Chat and GPT-4o mini. Rates are curated catalog values with last verified dates on each model page.
DeepSeek Chat
General DeepSeek chat endpoint for apps already wired to the chat model id. Compare against V4 Flash on price and against GPT Mini on quality for your prompts.
Input $0.280 / Output $0.420 per 1M
Context 128K · Approx
GPT-4o mini
Inexpensive OpenAI chat model for customer support and simple tools. Popular cheap baseline. Pair with Exact token counts when budgeting.
Input $0.150 / Output $0.600 per 1M
Context 128K · Exact (o200k_base)
Quick take
- GPT-4o mini is cheaper on input in this catalog snapshot.
- DeepSeek Chat is cheaper on output in this catalog snapshot.
- Both last verified on their model pages (2026-08-02 / 2026-08-02).
Rate table
| Metric | DeepSeek Chat | GPT-4o mini |
|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M | $0.280 | $0.150 |
| Output / 1M | $0.420 | $0.600 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.028 | $0.075 |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Tokenizer | Approx | Exact (o200k_base) |